With Christmas just around the corner, I would like to take the opportunity to recommend some books to read for your self…
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Early Career Research Community What to read during a Holiday without Santa: A Pandemic Christmas Reading List
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Early Career Research Community Gratitude—A Small Dose Goes a Long Way
In today’s climate, it’s easy to get lost in the negativity. From societal issues like an impending flu season atop a global…
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Early Career Research Community Academic collaborations: Friend or foe?
I started my PhD in my current lab in 2016 and since then I have participated in over 5 national and international…
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Early Career Research Community Act, archive or delete: Email habits to keep you sane during a PhD
How many unread emails do you have right now? Single figures, double, or triple? Emails are supposed to make life easier; they are…
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Early Career Research Community A guide to university-industry collaboration for early career researchers
While many research projects have been completed from start to finish within university labs, there are numerous benefits to working with industry…
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Early Career Research Community Digital Lab books: Now or never?
It can have many names: Digital lab book, e-book, electronic lab notebook (ELN). Whatever you want to call it the idea is…
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Early Career Research Community p = 0.06: So Close Yet So Far?
The annual Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport (SB3C) conference, to be held at a ski resort in Vail, was unfortunately moved to a…
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Early Career Research Community Combining business administration and STEM
“You will what?” was a very common reaction when I was announcing to my friends and colleagues that I was about to start…
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Early Career Research Community Peer Review Week 2020: Time to Make Peer Review An Essential Part of the ECR Experience
With this year’s Peer Review Week coming to an end it can be a good idea to turn the focus and look…
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Early Career Research Community The future of peer review is in the hands of early career researchers: Lessons from a VoYS workshop
Peer-reviewed research articles are how researchers communicate their work to the scientific community. In recent years, and particularly since the start of…
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Early Career Research Community Civic Engagement in the STEM Classroom
The start of the fall semester feels a lot different this year. Campuses are uncharacteristically quiet with no kickoff events or football…
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Early Career Research Community Scientific conferences during a pandemic: better or worse?
Conferences are a crucial part of scientific research; a chance to network, see what work is going on in your field and…